Background Information

The Basque people date as far back as the 1st Century. It is said that the area which they live was once inhabited by a group called the Vascones. It has not been determined as to their exact origins, but there are many leads and theories as to how this group came about. Scientists believe that the Basques might be direct lineage of European Cro-Magnon hunter and gatherers that first came about 35,000 years ago.

To them, they are known as Euskaldunak, in Spanish its Vascos, and to the French and English they are known as the Basque people. There are 2,123,000 people living in the Basque Country.